Random packings such as modified saddles or rings with perforations and tabs force tower designers to sacrifice either mass-transfer efficiency or pressure drop. Until now, structured packings, with their controlled arrangement of surface area, drip points, and gas/liquid flow paths have provided the best packing tower performance. However, structured packings are expensive, difficult to install & maintain, and unsuitable for use at higher liquid loadings.
Lantec Products’ Metal Q-PAC® provides the best of both worlds: the efficiency and capacity of structured packings, with the economy and versatility of random packings.
Metal Q-PAC® provides maximum contacting efficiency and moderate pressure drop.
(U.S. patent #5,498,376)
| Physical Characteristics | ||
| Nominal Size (mm) | 30 | |
| Packing Factor (1/ft) | 24 | |
| Geometric Surface Area (ft2/ft3) | 60 | |
| Weight (lb/ft3) | 17 | |
| Material Thickness (mm) | 0.30 | |
| Void Fraction (%) | 97.2 | |
| Piece Count (pcs./ft3) | 665 | |
